Asteroids named after people called Tetsuo
馃懚 Tetsuo as a baby name
Tetsuo Udagawa (b. 1947) was engaged in the development of a laser holographic system for precise measurements. More recently he has been involved with space and military optics, as well as image projection optics. He also loves mountaineering and taking photographs of mountains.Discovered 17 December 1987 by T. Kojima, Chiyoda
Tetsuo Kagawa (b. 1969) is a staff member of the Gekko Observatory and an eminent observer. Besides his many discoveries of minor planets, he has contributed to the follow-up work for the minor planets discovered at the Nihondaira Observatory.Discovered 14 February 1993 by T. Urata, Oohira
Tetsuo Ogiwara (b. 1950) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who since 1972 calculated circular and elliptical orbits of about 100 minor planets.Discovered 18 November 1993 by T. Urata, Oohira
Tetsuo Yoshimitsu (b. 1970) works on research and development of planetary rovers and is the chief engineer of the asteroid surface explorer MINERVA for the Hayabusa mission. The novel technology resulting from his studies of mobile systems on minor-planet surfaces in a microgravity environment was installed in MINERVA.Discovered 1 February 1997 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Tetsuo Kojima (b. 1945) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and an active member of Ota Astronomical Club.Discovered 29 November 1995 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Tetsuo Yanaka (b. 1954) is a post office clerk and amateur astronomer in Japan. He started his visual search for comets in 1970, and after sweeping for 1068 hours, he independently discovered C/1988 P1. Five months later, he discovered two more comets, C/1988 Y1 and C/1989 A1, only three days apart.Discovered 7 April 1997 by A. Nakamura, Kuma Kogen
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